Jabutí the tortoise
Subtitle: a trickster tale from the Amazon
By: told and illustrated by Gerald McDermott.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt
Published: 2001
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Subjects: Indians of South America -- Amazon River Region -- Folklore.; Tales -- Amazon River Region.; Turtles -- Folklore.; Indians of South America -- Amazon River Region -- Folklore.; Folklore -- Amazon River Region.; Turtles -- Folklore.; Vultures -- Folklore.
Genres: Folklore.
Description: All the birds enjoy the song-like flute music of Jabuti, the tortoise, except Vulture who, jealous because he cannot sing, tricks Jabuti into riding his back toward a festival planned by the King of Heaven.